Evaton — UN urban centre
Evaton: 773,229 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #688 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3714; territory: South Africa (ZAF). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -26.5295, 27.85. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 291,078 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 340,880 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 423,207 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 443,801 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 466,186 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 515,568 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 555,745 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 593,280 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 644,639 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 709,708 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 773,229 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 820,574 | Projection |
| 2035 | 869,394 | Projection |
| 2040 | 916,359 | Projection |
| 2045 | 966,404 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,008,731 | Projection |
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